Here's two things people and Lakers fans don't realize about Dwight.
He hasn't recovered fully from the back surgery. Seriously, he was quoted like a month ago saying he still gets tingling in his legs and feet. He shouldn't even really be out there. He's not conditioned right now either and lost strength in his legs because of the time he missed. As a result his defense has really fallen:
Dwight wrote:"The biggest thing about playing defense is that it's not just heart, but just being in shape. You've really got to be in shape to get down in a defensive stance, slide with a man, especially these guards. And then when they turn the corner, try to meet them at the rim. You have to be in great shape. And for the most part of my career, I've been in tip top shape where I could play 40 minutes nonstop without getting tired. And now I'm just not there."
So basically dude can't feel his feet sometimes when he's playing ball, isn't conditioned, has a torn shoulder, and he's averaging 16 , 12 and 3 despite all this but he's a bum right?
Lakers are looking like a horrible organization right now for even playing him. They are doing it out of desperation--Jim Buss doesn't want to look wrong for the Mike D hire, Mike D doesn't want to get fired, Kobe knows that this was a win now project, etc.
Bring Dwight here, let him sit out the rest of the season and get right, then instantly become a top 3 team in the East next year if he can return to his old form.